Just me trying to be honest with God.

Monday, August 18, 2008

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men. ~Herman Melville

Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment. Prov18.1 ESV

True community is a precious gift from God. It exists where common people share a common life and each individual contributes to the health of the whole. Christ is the common life of those committed to Him. He is the tie that binds our hearts together. This fellowship, in its purest form, has no denominational, racial or national bounds. Jesus likened Himself to the vine and called us His branches, inseparably connected as much to one another as we are to Him. When we fail to support one another, or refuse to allow others to support us, we make ourselves as free radicals and as such we may mutate, as cancer cells in the body. 8/18/2008 ts